Bird on the Move: Looking to the Past to Secure the Future of the Kirtland’s Warbler

We will close out the 2023/2024 season with our GRAC Annual May Meeting with a special presentation focused on Kirtland's Warblers. Our presenter is Steve Roels - Kirtland’s Warbler Program Director for American Bird Conservancy.

The removal of the Kirtland’s Warbler from the federal endangered species list is a victory for the bird and its champions. Yet threats to the species’ future, including climate change and human development, persist. Examining the deep history of Kirtland’s Warbler and its instinctive behaviors offers hope that the bird, despite its fussy reputation, can adapt to a changing planet. Unprecedented research projects are revealing how the warbler’s movement ecology has enabled its survival across millennia and what we must do support the warbler as it navigates the new millennium. 

This event is open to the general public who may attend as guests of the Grand Rapids Audubon Club.